Pisces B

Pisces B (Psc B) is a void dwarf galaxy. It is located in the Local Void, near Pisces A; and is in the Pisces constellation. It is 30 million light-years (9.2 megaparsecs) away from the Earth.[2] The galaxy was discovered with the WIYN Observatory. About 100 million years ago, the galaxy started moving out of the void and into the local filament zone and denser gaseous environment. This sparked off a doubling of the rate of star formation.[3]

This article is about the void galaxy. For the Milky Way satellite galaxy, see Pisces II (dwarf galaxy). For the nuclear fusion tokamak, see PISCES-B.
Not to be confused with Beta Piscium.

Pisces B
Hubble Space Telescope image of Pisces B
Observation data (J2000.0[1] epoch)
ConstellationPisces
Right ascension 01h 19m 11.700s [1]
Declination+11° 07′ 18.22″ [1]
Distance30 Mly (9.2 Mpc) [2]
Other designations
Pisces B,[1] PSC B, GALFA-Dw2[1]

References
  1. "NAME Pisces B -- Galaxy". SIMBAD.
  2. "Hubble Sees Two Dwarf Galaxies in Pisces". Sci-News. 15 August 2016.
  3. "Hubble uncovers a galaxy pair coming in from the wilderness". Science Daily. 11 August 2016.

Further reading
  • Erik J. Tollerud, Marla C. Geha, Jana Grcevich, Mary E. Putman, Daniel R. Weisz, Andrew E. Dolphin (22 December 2015). "HST Imaging of the Local Volume Dwarf Galaxies Pisces A and B". The Astrophysical Journal (published 11 August 2016). 827 (2): 13. arXiv:1607.03487. Bibcode:2016ApJ...827...89T. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/827/2/89. 89.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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